[CentOS-docs] policy w.r.t Testing repo details on wiki articles
R P Herrold
herrold at owlriver.com
Sat Sep 13 21:53:13 UTC 2008
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Do we have a policy w.r.t adding details about packages in
> the testing repo on the wiki ?
(sad but true mode answer) add a <!> and tell them in a red box:
1. chime in as to results
2. do not rely on systematic security AT ALL on these
archives.
3. add an outline to the page mentioend in a moment.
> Imho that is wrong and encourages the sort of behavior that
> we want to stop - people using the testing repo without
> feedback and casual users moving to the testing repo.
> I think the important thing to keep in mind is - packages in
> the testing repo are NOT maintained, and even if they have
> security issues or bugs, little or no effort would be made
> to fix or patch those.
well stated. Should be in every Release Note as well
4. add a master wiki page to this effect?
-- Russ herrold
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